Retrieving encrypted(MD5) password in LDAP

I have this code that retrieves LDAP entries particularly the common name (cn), e-mail address (mail) and password (userpassword). Everything is ok except for the password. Password of each users appears the same which is not correct because when I try connecting to LDAP using telnet, it displays different values.
The password that I'm always getting is: [B@7ee6fc
The code in particular is:
for (Enumeration vals = attr.getAll(); vals.hasMoreElements(); )
System.out.println("\t" + vals.nextElement());
Is there a problem with my code?� Apparently, it is
not getting the exact string, while the other attributes
are correct.
By the way, our LDAP is using MD5 for the encryption of passwords.
(I'm also having problems with my MD5 code in JAVA, but that's another story :) For now, I have to retrieve the correct userpassword)
Thanks in advance.

The password must be a byte array. Try to convert into byte[]

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